Institutional change in Japan: Theories, evidence, and reflections

Institutional Change in Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 15-44

  La Croix, Sumner ^a   Kawaura, Akihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84881733117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203968819     Document Type: Chapter

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